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		jsolson on May 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Servers as they should be – shipping early 2022 +1 to congrats -- my read on this: - There's a bunch of RJ45 up top that I don't quite understand :) - A bunch of storage sleds - A compute sled, 100G QSFP switch, compute sled sandwich - Power distribution (rectifiers, I'd think, unless it's AC to the trays?) - Another CSC sandwich - More storage. I assume in reality we'd have many more cables making things less pretty, given the number of front-facing QSFPs on those ToRs.

kaliszad on May 26, 2021 | [–]

They use a bus bar design. That is what @bcantrill also said in an interview.

SSLy on May 28, 2021 | [–]

>- There's a bunch of RJ45 up top that I don't quite understand :)

Out of data-plane HW mgmt probably

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